* lisp/startup.el (fancy-about-screen): Use standard mode line. (Bug#8740)

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index dde6bffe7fd..3480e3a1382 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-05-28  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * startup.el (fancy-about-screen): Use standard mode line.  (Bug#8740)
+
 2011-05-28  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
         * help-fns.el (describe-function-1): If the function is a derived
diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 14f4c7829d1..6636cf944e3 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -1676,11 +1676,7 @@ splash screen in another window."
     (save-selected-window
       (select-frame frame)
       (switch-to-buffer "*About GNU Emacs*")
-      (setq buffer-undo-list t
-            mode-line-format
-            (concat "----"
-                    (propertize "%b" 'face 'mode-line-buffer-id)
-                    "%-"))
+      (setq buffer-undo-list t)
       (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
         (erase-buffer)
         (if pure-space-overflow